Cultivator



C. PUTKOWSKI.

CULTIVATQR.

APPLICATION mzo .Aue, u. 192].

. 1,417,942 I Patented May 30, 1922.

flnd WEIVITUZ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GHARLES IUTKOWSKI, OF STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, ASSIGNQR OF ONE-HALF T WL'ADYSLAW BRONICKI, OF MARINE HARBOR, NEW YORK.

CULTIVATOR.

1,417,942 Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lfla 30, 1922 Application filed August 11, 1921. Serial No. 491,383.

To all whom-it may concern: blade 12 and is provided with an axial inter- Be it known that I, CHARLES PUTKowsKr, nally threaded bore 17, which opens at its residing at Staten Island, in the county of inner end into a reduced bore 18, ofa diam- 55 Richmond and State of New York. have ineter to receive and snugly fit the larger end vented certain new and useful Improveof the tapered pin 11 previously mentioned. ments in Cultivators, of which the follow- In order to firmly hold the handle in ing is specification. place and yet provide for its ready removal,

This invention relates to improvements in a ring 19 is split as at 20 and is formed on 60 cultivators and more particularly to devices its outer surface with screw threads. for eefor use in hoeing potatoes and similar vegoperation with the threads in the bore 17.

etables. This ring is preferably provided in its outer The principal object of the invention re end with diametrically spaced recesses 21 sides in the provision of a device which is for the reception of a spanner, by means of 65 so designed as to avoid becoming clogged which the ring may be tightenedinto place.

and which will readily permit stones to pass In operation it will be seen that the pin 11 between the tines, so that they will remain is inserted into the bore 18, passing through clear for the free passage of the earth. the bore 17, and forced inwardly until its Another object oi the invention is to proend abuts the end of the inner bore. When 70 ride a novel type of means for securing the in this position, the split nut or ring 19 is handle to the. lads which is so constructed then threaded into the bore 17 and it will that said handle may be readily removed be obvious that its inner wall will frictionand' replaced and held solidly in the proper ally engage the tapered pin and. upon inrpOSltimL ther tightening on the ring by the use of a 75 With these and other objects in view the spanner, the parts will be firmly held 25 invention consists in the novel construction, against accidental movement.

combination and arrangement of parts, \Vhile in the foregoing there has been which will be fully set forth in the tollowshown and described the preferred embodiing specificatimi. claimed and illustrated in ment of this invention it is to be understood 80 the accompanying drawing, in which, that certain minor changes in the construc- Figure 1, is an end view of this improved tion, combination and arrangement of parts cultivating implement, may be resortedto without departing" from liigure 2. is a side view of the blade, show the spirit and scope of the invention as ing the handle removed, claimed. 85

l igure 3, is a t'agmentary sectional view hat is claimed is:- through the handle connecting socket, and 1 A garden implement comprising a head, l igure i, is a sectional view taken on line a socket member associated with the head, l-4 ot Figure said socket member having an axial interltel'errinp; to the drawings in detail the nally threaded opening and a reduced bore 90 numeral 10. designates the handle of the deat the inner end of the threaded opening, a 40 vice in one end of which. is fixed a tapered handle, a tapered pin in one end of the pin 11, the larger end of which is disposed handle arranged in axial aliuement thereoutwardlv. with, the larger end of said pin being dis- The blade is designated in its entirety by posed outwardly and adapted to fit the re- I the numeral 12 and comprises an eye meniduced bore in the socket member, and a her 13. the legs ot' which are extended as at split ring adapted to fit around the tapered. l4 and gently curve outwziurdly toward their pin and to be screwed into the threaded free ends. The extreme ends of the legs 1% opening in the socket member, whereby the are sharpened as at 15 to provide a weed tapered pin will be firmly held in position in 100 cutter. the reduced bore. Formed on the bight portion of the eye In witness whereof I aifiX my signature.

member 13, is a socket member 16, which extends at right angles to the plane or the CHARLES PUTKOWSKI. 

